Our lives are full: full of responsibilities, to-do lists, distractions, and the anxieties of a news cycle that has morphed from a twenty-four hour news cycle (which was bad enough) into an 86,400 second news cycle. To quote the great 1980s philosopher Ferris Bueller, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around … Continue reading Soul Speech: Conclusion
Today is the wonderful feast of Pentecost, the day when we commemorate the coming of the Holy Spirit upon God’s people. To hear many Christians talk about it, what this looks like in practice is the founding of the Church. Theologically speaking, there’s no doubt that that is correct. But it feels more than a … Continue reading Many Gifts, One Spirit: A Reflection for Pentecost 2026
My best friend likes to tease me about how little I buy in the way of home decor. Despite that, I wouldn’t say I’m a minimalist. My apartment is filled with books and art and photographs. The difference is that I want to be surrounded by beautiful things that are also meaningful to me. It’s … Continue reading Soul Speech: Florilegium
On Friday, we looked at that quintessential but controversial form of soul speech, dreams and dream work. There we saw that dreams speak to us in a language of symbols, images that mean more than what they appear and with which we need to spend time in order to understand. Today I thought would be … Continue reading Soul Speech: Working with Symbols
As Christians we talk a lot about grace. And one of the main ways we talk about grace is as a gift. But often this sense of grace and gift is limited to ‘the forgiveness of sins’ leading to ‘eternal life.’ These are no small things, obviously, but I wonder if God might have more … Continue reading God’s Glorious Gift: A Reflection on John 17.1-11
Matthew Root 